Polished

  • 21Polished — Polish Pol ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Polishing}.] [F. polir, L. polire. Cf. {Polite}, { ish}] 1. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22Polished plaster — is a term for the finish of some plasters and for the description of new and updated forms of traditional Italian plaster finishes.The term covers a whole range of decorative plaster finishes from the very highly polished Venetian plaster and… …

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  • 23Polished plate — is a type of hand blown glass. It is produced by casting glass onto a table and then subsequently grinding and polishing the glass. This was originally done by hand, and then later by machine. It was an expensive process requiring a large capital …

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  • 24polished manners — index courtesy, decorum Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 25Polished concrete — Black basalt polished concrete floor Polished concrete is concrete that has been treated with a chemical densifier and ground with progressively finer grinding tools. The grinding tools are usually progressive grits of diamond grinding cup wheels …

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  • 26polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather covered cylinders during processing. [1920 25] * * * …

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  • 27polished surface — 1. a surface that has been smoothed to a fine finish. 2. in dentistry, the portion of the surface of a denture that is usually polished, including the palatal surface, and the buccal and lingual surfaces of the teeth …

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  • 28polished face — poliruotasis paviršius statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. polished face vok. polierte Fläche, f rus. полированная поверхность, f pranc. surface polie, f …

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  • 29polished rice — noun having husk or outer brown layers removed • Syn: ↑white rice • Hypernyms: ↑rice * * * noun : white rice that is given a polish by rapidly revolving cylinders covered with pigskin * * * white rice polished or buffed by leather covered… …

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  • 30polished — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Ciceronian, accomplished, adept, advanced, ameliorated, archetypical, beautified, bettered, buffed, burnished, chaste, civilized, classic, clear, complete, consummate, converted, courtly, cultivated, cultured,… …

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